After farming, I opened a family tree

By the end of June and the beginning of July, the rice has already turned slightly golden.

After a rain, the wheat ears shone faintly with golden light through the sunlight. The grains on the ears were so full that they were bent under the weight. This arc was now the most beautiful line in County Magistrate Lin's eyes.

At this moment, County Magistrate Lin had no airs of a county magistrate at all. He lifted his robe and squatted on the edge of the field.

A pair of hands with thin calluses from years of holding pens carefully and gently weighed the drooping rice ears.

"it is good!"

"Shen Tang! Do you know how important this rice is?"

County Magistrate Lin's tone was full of excitement.

This ear of rice is three times the size of ordinary rice. He just weighed it in his hand, and the small spikes on the ear of rice reminded him that the heavy feeling was real.

If his estimate of the rice crop was correct, the yield per mu would be at least 1,000 kilograms, or even more!

He wants to report it!

Yes, he must report it as soon as possible!

"Shen Tang, I want to take one of these rice plants with me. Send someone to deliver it to the capital at full speed!"

County Magistrate Lin looked at the rice in front of him and felt very distressed.

After all, there are only these two acres of land, and one less plant would be a loss.

But he has to report it!

"Of course!"

There were several experienced farmers in the group who dug up a rice plant on the edge of the field with their hands.

"Sir, let this rice plant carry some wet soil, and put some soil and water in a box and wrap it up. This way, the rice can be kept alive as much as possible on the road."

Shen Tang saw what County Magistrate Lin was up to and warned him.

"Yes, yes, sir, our master is right. Although the rice may die soon after being pulled out, according to our master's method, perhaps it can survive for a few more days."

The old farmer who had just been in charge of digging rice nodded in approval.

"Then do it!"

County Magistrate Lin took off his coat and carefully protected the stems and leaves of the rice.

The group carefully left the rice field. As they left, County Magistrate Lin couldn't help but look back.

After returning to the village, the people of Shenjia Village immediately mobilized the entire village and finally found a long box.

"While sending the rice to the capital, the soil must be kept moist. You can wrap it in several layers of breathable cloth to keep it moist at all times."

Shen Tang and several old farmers discussed it.

"In addition, the rice ears need to be wrapped to prevent them from being damaged during the bumpy journey."

Finally, the rice plant was well protected and placed in a box.

"Wait for me to write a letter and send it out immediately! Send it to the home of the Minister of Revenue!"

The eldest son of the Minister of Revenue is his good friend and the same age as him. He now works in the Hanlin Academy.

This rice was actually given to the Minister of Revenue.

The court of the Great Qi was divided into six departments, and the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of the money, grain, land, taxes, etc. of the entire Great Qi.

County Magistrate Lin couldn't wait and directly used Shen Tang's writing.

"You two must set off immediately and ride as fast as you can to the capital!"

These two men were servants of County Magistrate Lin, and had been with their master for decades.

Of course I know what this rice means to County Magistrate Lin!

The two men took the rice and rode out of Shenjia Village.

County Magistrate Lin looked at the two people walking away before he looked away.

"Sir, there is one more thing. I hope you can help me get justice for Shenjia Village."

Shen Tang asked someone to bring the skinny monkey up and told County Magistrate Lin what had happened today.

The skinny monkey was terrified when he saw the county magistrate.

Who was County Magistrate Lin? He was selected through layers of imperial examinations, a Jinshi graduate, and had served as a county magistrate for many years. He understood as soon as Shen Tang told him.

"It's really abominable!"

County Magistrate Lin looked at the skinny monkey with a bit more fierceness in his eyes.

The ignorant and foolish people almost ruined the rice.

"Skinny monkey, do you know what crime you have committed?"

County Magistrate Lin spoke in a stern voice, and the skinny monkey was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop.

"Sir, I know I was wrong! Please forgive me!"

It was the head of the Qian family who told me that if I threw lime into the rice fields of the Shen Tang family, he would allow me to return to Qianjia Village and give me five taels of silver!

The skinny monkey knelt on the ground and cried while confessing.

"Head of the Qian family?"

County Magistrate Lin expressed his doubts.

Shen Tang then continued to talk about what happened a few days ago.

"Come here, take the skinny monkey back to the county government office, and then go to Qianjia Village to bring the head of the Qian family to the county government office."

If you have the courage to touch the rice, you must have the courage to bear the consequences.

At this time, Qianjia Village.

Chief Qian is inspecting the growth of rice in the fields.

Humph, if he can't get it, others shouldn't dream of having it.

"Chief, something bad has happened! The police are here!"

Officer!

Patriarch Qian's face turned pale. Could it be that the matter was exposed?

"My two officers, what's the matter?"

"According to the order of the county magistrate, please ask Chief Qian to accompany us to the county government office."

When Chief Qian saw the two officers coming with unhappy expressions, his heart tightened.

When Clan Leader Qian arrived at the county government office, it was already surrounded by people.

Chief Qian glanced around and saw the skinny monkey kneeling on the ground. His expression showed that he had given something.

"The skinny monkey from Qianjia Village identified you. Is that true?"

"Sir, this is unfair! Everyone in the village knows what kind of person this skinny monkey is in Qianjia Village. How can his words count? He was kicked out of Qianjia Village a while ago."

"Well, old bastard, you've turned your back on me! That's not what you said at the beginning. You said Shenjia Village was now completely controlled by Shen Tang, and that the Shen family were all cowards. How could you let a little girl get ahead of you?"

"Sir, this skinny monkey is slandering you. Skinny monkey, you keep saying that I ordered you to do it, but do you have any evidence?"

Skinny Monkey never expected that the clan leader who usually had a smile on his face could actually say such words today!

"Sir, it was really the clan leader who sent me there! Firstly, I don't know this Shen Tang, and secondly, I don't have any dealings with Shenjia Village on a daily basis."

County Magistrate Lin looked at Clan Leader Qian and the skinny monkey, wondering what he didn't understand.

"Sir, didn't Skinny Monkey say that this lime was given to him by Chief Qian? I see there's quite a lot of lime here, so I guess it was purchased. Why don't you send someone to check which shops around here have sold lime? That would also serve as a reference."

Shen Tang looked at it for a while and finally spoke.

Sure enough, after Shen Tang said this, Clan Leader Qian's face turned pale.

He asked his son to buy the lime!

Because the eldest son of the Qian family was a scholar, most of the purchases for the Qian family were made by Scholar Qian.

Naturally, some merchants recognized Xiucai Gong, so the price he sold it to was quite favorable.

The Qian family originally came from a farming family, and Qian's mother was also a greedy person. Over the years, she had actually saved a lot of money because of this.

After all, Patriarch Qian has been the patriarch for many years. How could he not understand that if the truth were really discovered, it would definitely have an impact on his son? It would be better for him to plead guilty immediately and minimize the impact.

"Sir! I plead guilty. Please consider that Qianjia Village has never defaulted on miscellaneous taxes in all these years, and that this matter has not yet become a serious mistake, and show some leniency!"

Shen Tang didn't expect that Patriarch Qian would plead guilty so quickly.

"Since you have confessed your sin, then follow the law..."

"Also, this is a public announcement to the entire Qingshan Town: no one is allowed to enter Shenjia Village before the autumn harvest without permission from Shenjia Village or the government!"